Recent content by pollyp

2024-05-31 Electric Window Motor Support Bracket The heavy electric motor hanging outside the window mechanism can be seen shaking around, which could've contributed to the annoying vibrations I designed a support brace to anchor the end of the motor onto the door frame Printed...

thank you ;)

2024-05-29 Fixed Door Rattle pt3 Had a nice weekly car meet. The passenger door was still buzzing annoyingly whilst driving over I even asked a friend to drive the car at 3k rpm whilst I try to locate the hidden buzzing but no luck But when looking further, I soon noticed the passenger...

2024-05-29 Weld Rigid Passenger Seat Support The passenger seat back rest shakes bit more than the drivers seat cos the upper bracket ain't joined directly to the subframe like the drivers side. So tday I removed the seat & added the extra bracket to join the two support brackets, making...

I do wear noise cancelling ear buds to help on long journeys but this buzzing door noise is more intrusively annoying. the stiff nismo engine mounts certainly doesn't help with shaking everything to bits lol. but later on the next post I finally discovered the cause 😁

passenger door is still rattling near the front @ 3k rpm 😤 I tried covering the back of the door card with soft felt but still buzzes. kinda stops if i push the handle, yet still buzz if I remove that handle? it's like the inner door frame is resonating louder than any other door...

2024-05-27 Adjustable Gear Stick Ball Joint Been noticing the gear stick tends to shake a lot whilst in 5th gear cos the ball joint was worn & too loose I tried to print a tighter fitting insert but getting the tolerances right was a PITA and doesn't compensate for wear So I...

The sump was getting abit rusty now so I removed the down pipe for better access Wirebrushed Painted Reinstalling the down pipe I noticed the rest of the exhaust sits 2mm too far for the V-band to clamp, especially with the firmer rubber bobbin mounts So I chopped the decat pipe &...

Both doors inside were filthy from yrs of dirt & moisture Gave it a good brushing & vacuum Removed the ducktape off the window clip holes Attached the clips on properly this time Reassembled both doors and now they no longer rattle (y):cool:

2024-05-23 Fixing Door Rattle pt2 There was still that annoying rattle hidden in the front corner of the passenger door 😤 So I stripped everything off the door Along the way I noticed the window glass lip was sitting loosely on the door frame & potentially rubbing against glass, cos ever...

A friend with a mk2 Ford Focus needed a pair of broken headlight washer jet covers replacing. He tried repairing it but didn't work and online they cost at least a crazy £70-140 each! So I measured, modelled & printed a replacement set Sanded smooth We met at our weekly car meet, abit wet...

changed the oil 6mth later finished refurbishing the old BC V1 coilovers, ready to sell soon

2024-05-13 Fix Door Rattle For 15yrs Kassandra always had this annoying hidden buzzing rattle around the door/A-pillar when cruising at 3k rpm which I could never pin point, it goes away if I pull the inner door frame inwards, but tonight I looked down the wondow slot & spotted the window...

after everyone posted about the recent northern lights on May 10th, I went back to Goathland to see if there's any more, nope it was too cloudy 🫣 good drive down the moors though

remembered I haven't recorded a video for almost a year since my last trackday, so went for a test drive to compare the current datalog with previous runs. the annoying rattle is from the boot latch.